Old hand takes helm of new charter school

4:46 PM,
Aug. 4, 2012

NEW CHARTER SCHOOL LOCAL J. Michael Brandt the former Cincinnati Public School Superintendent and a Xavier University educator is now part of the College Readiness Academy located in Jordan Crossing shopping center in Bond Hill a charter school that will open in late August. July 31, 2012 The Enquirer/ Tony Jones

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A familiar face is behind a new charter school opening here this month.

Longtime educator J. Michael Brandt, who has served as superintendent of two of the region's most challenged school districts - Cincinnati and Newport - is now spending his "retirement" in the world of charter schools.

On Aug. 22, Brandt will open the College Readiness Academy, a 50-student K-8 college preparatory school in the Jordan Crossing shopping center in Bond Hill. ...